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Missfelipe · 12/03/2021 08:13

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Chickenriceandpeas · 12/03/2021 08:15

@MrsHerculePoirot I can understand when it was 800 per 100,000 or whatever it got to, but I’ve just checked where I live and it’s now 38 per 100,000.
Hopefully with the school testing in place it should lessen the risks to teachers now.

AlexaShutUp · 12/03/2021 08:15

No, I think a small minority will break the rules and continue to make a lot of noise about it, but I believe that most people are socially responsible.

Inthevirtualwaitingroom · 12/03/2021 08:15

more and more people are bending the rules already

quiteathome · 12/03/2021 08:20

Still following the rules. As the children are back at school it is more important that the rules are followed now, so the data shows the actual impact of the school return. Both of my children are really happy to be back.

Also I have had Covid and been vaccinated, so should be protected, but it is not about me. It is about looking after everyone.

And I am quite happy to continue to wear a mask for shopping etc. And probably will do that in September onwards.

I am really excited about being able to see my friends all together in the garden at the end of March.

Hollanda40 · 12/03/2021 08:21

@JuneSummer

It'll soon be a year since lockdown was first called and me and DH have been watching lots of TV coverage over the last few days. It's just dawned on us this week that we have now not seen our parents for a year, the DC haven't hugged their grandparents, we haven't been for any days out as a family, DC1 hasn't had a single uni class in person. The list goes on.

DH and I are now quickly coming to the conclusion that we just cannot and will not go on living like this any longer as a family. Particularly when there seems to be no end in sight if you listen to people like Chris Whitty and Christina Pagel (who was wanting masks and social distancing for the foreseeable future last night on the news).

Both sets of parents are in their mid 60s and have been vaccinated. We are now strongly minded to visit both at the beginning of April and allow them to see their DGC.

I suspect we will not be alone. Will lots of people simply say 'no more' upon realising they've spent a year of their lives not living?

I've had enough too but no I won't say stuff it. We're just waiting for the outside restaurants to open and when we can, take the kids out for a meal and meet my parents outdoors for a picnic in the park. We're willing to do this slowly but surely and only hope that people behave rationally. Now there's a clear end in sight, it's somehow easier to say last push, we can do this. We got this. We cannot let doom sayers and gloom mongers upset us. All we can do is our individual best to protect ourselves and others and hope that likewise, other people in the majority do the same.

To be honest there's not that much we can say sod it too apart from meet others in their homes...my friends wouldn't have it and neither would my parents!!! We do what is not only legal but right, and if that makes me a sheep then fine so be it.

We want an end to this and don't want to contribute to any lockdowns that may or may not happen in the future.

Racoonworld · 12/03/2021 08:26

@BonnieDundee

Isnt there an argument that its selfish to expect people to be disadvantaged to protect others? Especially for over a year

Yes definitely. It’s been a year, it’s not fair for people’s lives to be so disrupted now. The majority of the vulnerable have already had vaccinations.

Beaniecats · 12/03/2021 08:29

I think yes and I don't blame anyone for doing so

Scarby9 · 12/03/2021 08:29

I have followed the rules all the time apart from once, when I visited a friend who had just been told she had cancer. She had been told this alone and lives alone and was distraught. I went into her house but we kept our distance.

She has her major operation next week and has asked me and two other friends (the only people outside her family who know) to have coffee in her garden (socially distanced) tomorrow as the last 'normal' thing she can do. We have all been following the rules and are very torn on this, but I think we will go for her sake.

We certainly are not otherwise loosening up in any way. I want this over for good in terms of major waves, lockdowns etc and will wait for enough adults to be vaccinated for that to be a likely outcome.

Racoonworld · 12/03/2021 08:33

@Scarby9 I feel sorry for your friend and I’m all for seeing others when there’s not much risk as you’ll see from my posts, but isn’t she supposed to be isolating before her operation to protect the hospital and staff?

User133847 · 12/03/2021 08:34

I don't think any particular date will have a bearing. It's the weather that seems to make the biggest difference. As soon as the sun comes out/warmer weather people forget all about Covid. The weather will pick up by the end of the month and then you're into the Easter holidays.

User133847 · 12/03/2021 08:37

@Mumblechum0

I think a lot of people are already doing that. Most of my friends have been bending the rules, eg having a friend in the house for coffee rather than sit on a wet bench in the freezing cold if they’ve both been vaccinated.

That's not bending the rules, it's wantonly breaking them.

WhatwouldRuthdo · 12/03/2021 08:38

No, I won’t be saying ‘stuff it’ and will continue to abide by the rules. Attending a funeral today of a family member who died of Covid in their 60s. I miss my parents and friends (and working in the office, and pubs!) but looking at the bigger picture.

sleepwouldbenice · 12/03/2021 08:40

@BonnieDundee

Isnt there an argument that its selfish to expect people to be disadvantaged to protect others? Especially for over a year

Do you understand that it starts with protecting others but ultimately becomes about protecting everyone as the virus spreads then overwhelms healthcare and impacts society and the economy It's been a year surely you get this by now

BestZebbie · 12/03/2021 08:49

We are following the rules but I think it might look/sound as if we have given up because we used to be following them more strictly than required.
We are just about to form a support bubble with MIL (who lives alone but has previously had one with her neighbour instead of us) and a childcare bubble with my parents (from whom we as adults will continue to distance etc) - but until now we haven't done either of those because the older people hadn't been vaccinated and our DS has been in school. Now they are vaccinated we will be mixing with them more but still within the law, but I fully predict DS going into school, telling everyone that he has seen both sides recently in their homes and getting a cats bum face in response.

StylishMummy · 12/03/2021 08:50

Ok lots of calls of selfishness and vitriol, but you haven't been 'protecting' me. I WFH and my DC aren't yet school age. I've worked throughout this last year, as has DH. Why on earth would I put my life on hold anymore, when all of my family and DHs family members have been vaccinated? (And are all at least 3 week post 1st dose)

I quite honestly don't care anymore. We've lost 3 elderly family members to Covid, they died alone with no one and it was fucking awful. BUT, I've had another friend attempt suicide during lockdown due to isolation.

So for all those calling me selfish and a Covid spreader, how exactly does that work with evidence of 80-90% efficacy of 1 dose of vaccine and significantly reduced transmission? 0 Covid won't happen, as has already been explained. So I'm living my life as is every single person I know. I've got 6 holidays booked in the next year too, so you must all really hate me

Oblomov21 · 12/03/2021 08:50

Stylish mummy hacked me off. I've been vaccinated but I'm not breaking the rules, meeting no one other than a walk with one friend once a week.

Cases will rise if we aren't careful. I haven't followed the rules for a whole year to only have twats muck it up for me.

lonelyplanet · 12/03/2021 08:58

@StylishMummy

We've said 'fuck it' since all our parents and grandparents have been vaccinated. I'm CEV and have had 1st vaccinate. We're hosting 4 households for Easter weekend in the house, cannot wait to have the family back together. DC are going to grandparents for sleepovers, we're having friends round and meeting friends and family for walks and at the park. I genuinely don't know a single person who's now following 'the rules'.

I'm an over 50 unvaccinated Primary teacher and I hope that none of your children, or the children of the families you are meeting with, are in my class. You are both selfish and shortsighted. If everyone does this schools will have to close again. Loads of doctors and nurses will be under huge pressure. Sick people won't get operations and procedures they need. There will be more deaths. Don't assume that one dose of the vaccine will protect you or your family. On the news today 9 residents of a care home have died. They were all vaccinated in mid January. Take a moment to think how your actions will affect other people.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-56366575

MummyPop00 · 12/03/2021 09:01

I’ve been breaking the rules since the turn of the year in terms of travelling for outdoor exercise. Did all the local scenery to death last year.

I’ve not had other people in the house though for months. That may change on Mother’s Day. I’ve had Covid & I’ve also been vaccinated & my oldest Son who would be coming round is only 26.

Also went into my next door neighbours house yesterday for the first time in months after dropping some shopping off (they are elderly but vaccinated & invited me in).

I think people are beginning to relax, regardless of what the Gov are saying.

sleepwouldbenice · 12/03/2021 09:01

@StylishMummy

Ok lots of calls of selfishness and vitriol, but you haven't been 'protecting' me. I WFH and my DC aren't yet school age. I've worked throughout this last year, as has DH. Why on earth would I put my life on hold anymore, when all of my family and DHs family members have been vaccinated? (And are all at least 3 week post 1st dose)

I quite honestly don't care anymore. We've lost 3 elderly family members to Covid, they died alone with no one and it was fucking awful. BUT, I've had another friend attempt suicide during lockdown due to isolation.

So for all those calling me selfish and a Covid spreader, how exactly does that work with evidence of 80-90% efficacy of 1 dose of vaccine and significantly reduced transmission? 0 Covid won't happen, as has already been explained. So I'm living my life as is every single person I know. I've got 6 holidays booked in the next year too, so you must all really hate me

Yes we do

Reduced transmission isn't zero transmission

You are happy, with emojis to emphasise it, to inflict the.misery you have seen first hand onto others. Plenty of posters have given you examples of why

Logoff · 12/03/2021 09:01

We are still sticking to the rules, not much longer to go now hopefully and all my extended family are doing it too. We have a strong sense of social responsibility and realise it’s not all about us or how healthy we feel.

It’s long covid that will really be affecting the younger unvaccinated population I think.

DavidsSchitt · 12/03/2021 09:15

"Why on earth would I put my life on hold anymore, when all of my family and DHs family members have been vaccinated?"

I remember you @StylishMummy and you didn't "put your life on hold" before. You had a several household family get together for your child's birthday. Got to be more than 6 months ago. You had the same stupid giggly, "you'd hate me OP" attitude then.

You are pathetic, really. A couple of kids under 5 and you couldn't even manage to not throw a party that is, let's face it, all about you and nothing about them.

As for, nobody has protected me. You're CEV! Yes we all have gone some way to protecting you, surely nobody is that thick?

BonnieDundee · 12/03/2021 09:16

Isnt there an argument that its selfish to expect people to be disadvantaged to protect others? Especially for over a year

Do you understand that it starts with protecting others but ultimately becomes about protecting everyone as the virus spreads then overwhelms healthcare and impacts society and the economy
It's been a year surely you get this by now

Do you understand that some people have just had enough and are completely broken. It's been a year surely you get this by now

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 12/03/2021 09:17

@BonnieDundee

Isnt there an argument that its selfish to expect people to be disadvantaged to protect others? Especially for over a year

No.

Stellaris22 · 12/03/2021 09:18

I think what people are continually not getting is, everyone is fed up of restrictions. Giving up and not following guidance only delays restrictions being lifted.